[straightv6]

which one is better? i'm using slackware 10.1

[horndude]

neither, both are different versions of the same idea--------integrated desktop environments with filemanagers that double as browsers and all the application associations like under windows

http://www.kde.org
http://www.gnome.org

if youve got a fairly robust machine KDE is probably good for beginners, gnome right behind that

KDE and GNOME are fairly big, you can get rid of either with pkgtool and save some space, if your not gonna rebuild the kernel you can get rid of the kernel source too, just leave the rest of the kernel entries alone, you need those

kernel source is 175mb
KDE about 300mb roughly
gnome about 250mb

[macdude425]

It's a matter of opinion. Both are very resource hungry. Just do a little research and see which you like best.

[straightv6]

what else would you use?

[horndude]

fluxbox,xfce,blackbox,twm,fwm95.......and more

theres lots, theres choices in linux

[macdude425]

IMHO Fluxbox is the best lightweight window manager.

http://fluxbox.org

[furtivefelon]

mmm.. i perfer kde, again, for comparison, search search and search.. those are such common topics that no one bothers to answer to any kind of detail anymore..